The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
John Mertens to Use Multimedia Technology to Debate Candidates Despite Exclusion from the Official Debate, October 4th. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Despite earning a ballot line in the 2010 U.S. Senate Race in Connecticut, Dr. John Mertens is not invited to participate in the first post-primary U.S. Senate debate, in New Haven, Conn., Monday, October …
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How social networks can answer a question faster than Google Direct to conclusion: Things to ponder: The combination of people-based and computer-based networks (Twitter, Lotus Connections) brought forth the story in three hours. Social networks answer questions at business speed. It verified what Google couldn’t. It pays to “cultivate your margins” and pay attention to …
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Now in its third year, SOCAP 10 is the largest interdisciplinary gathering of individuals and institutions at the intersection of money and meaning. Impact Investors, social entrepreneurs, funders, and other innovators come to SOCAP to build a movement. SOCAP 10 will seek to answer the question ‘What’s Next?’ for the social capital markets. Participants can …
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CISCO: Intelligent Collaboration: A Discussion with Professor Thomas Malone Learn how new collaborative technologies help redefine teamwork, leadership, and the concept of collective intelligence. Start collaborating more intelligently. (30:16 min) NPR: The Intelligence Of Crowds In ‘The Perfect Swarm’ Talk of the Nation (Sept 10) In his book The Perfect Swarm, Len Fisher talks about …
Phi Beta Iota: We decided to post a long email about helping a major international bank decide not to fund mountaintop removal coal projects for the following reasons: 1) It illustrates the emergent power of focused citizen advocacy. 2) It documents the modified behavior of select major banks. 3) It highlights the complete fragmentation of …
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All government is local 2.0: manor.govfresh Manor, a small town in Texas a few miles from Austin, has become an unlikely star player in the new world of “Government 2.0.” This week Manor and GovFresh, an organization that provides news and information about technology innovation in government, joined forces to host a conference on “big …
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